Bayou Teche proposal lacks support

Parish Council tables because of property right concerns

1:56 AM,
Jan. 19, 2014

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It appears that when a proposal to designate Bayou Teche as an official Louisiana Historic and Scenic River comes before the state Legislature later this year, it will do so without an endorsement from the St. Landry Parish Council.

The council's public works committee unanimously forwarded an endorsement of the effort to the full council.

But at Wednesday's council meeting, support for the proposal rapidly evaporated after Willie Wyble, who lives along the bayou, spoke against the plan. ...